At one time, becoming a Delta blues
guitarist had a lot of conditions. You had to come up in the Mississippi
Delta from modest, sharecropper roots. You needed a catchy nickname that
contained “Blind,” “Willie,” or “Junior.” Also, it didn’t hurt to be
preceded by tales of shady deals down at the crossroads and juke-joint knife
fights with angry husbands.
Once all of that was covered, you still
needed an expensive suit, a dapper hat and guitar chops that makes people
sit up and take notice. While we can’t help you with a back-story, nickname
or wardrobe, Blues in a Day helps aspiring guitarists develop the
fundamental skills they'll need to start their journey to becoming a
legendary blues picker.
Building logically on simple concepts
that are delivered in short, easy-to-manage segments, Blues in a Day
takes burgeoning blues mavens from tuning to 12-bar progressions in no time
flat. Using familiar blues progressions, this course shows you the most
common open chord combinations for blues rhythm playing. Blues in a Day
Also covers various picking techniques, ranging from simple strumming to
syncopated, alternating-bass fingerstyle riffs.
Bringing the blues to your computer is
Rick Payne, an acoustic blues musician renowned for his mastery of Delta,
Piedmont and ragtime styles in addition to being a wicked slide player. With
a number of CDs under his belt, Rick has toured the US and Europe
extensively and turned in numerous TV and radio performances in the UK and
Europe.
In Blues in a Day, Rick begins
with the basic foundation of the blues using I-IV-V progressions and a
12-bar format. Using this structure, you will learn 6th and 7th chord
voicings and their effect on the tune’s feel. Rick then teaches you various
strumming patterns to offer different grooves before moving on to simple
single-note phrases
based on pentatonic and blues scales. You will learn how
to play shuffles, blues progressions in many different keys and authentic
fingerstyle blues. Rick will also teach you how to incorporate bends,
hammer-ons and pull-offs to add flavor to your solos. Rick then gives you
the insight to take all of these individual techniques and brew up
authentic, down-home blues that will have people convinced you grew up in
the Delta.
If acoustic blues drew you to the guitar,
Blues in a Day is a must-have study program. This course will give
the beginner all of the tools needed to start playing authentic Delta blues
music in no time.
Blues in a Day
is optimized for beginner to early intermediate and is presented on CD-ROM (Windows and Mac compatible).
TrueFire's video
lesson player features high-quality wide screen video, looping, slow
motion, full-screen zoom, tuner, metronome, keyboard shortcuts and other handy controls.
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System Requirements
This course is presented in
cross-platform Flash with PDF and MP3 elements.
Once all of that was covered, you still
needed an expensive suit, a dapper hat and guitar chops that makes people
sit up and take notice. While we can’t help you with a back-story, nickname
or wardrobe, Blues in a Day helps aspiring guitarists develop the
fundamental skills they'll need to start their journey to becoming a
legendary blues picker.
Bringing the blues to your computer is
Rick Payne, an acoustic blues musician renowned for his mastery of Delta,
Piedmont and ragtime styles in addition to being a wicked slide player. With
a number of CDs under his belt, Rick has toured the US and Europe
extensively and turned in numerous TV and radio performances in the UK and
Europe.
